pava lapere. >> jason billingsley into custody. body discovered in an apartment complex monday after she was reported missing. >> i know this arrest does not bring back pava lapere. my hope is that we can give a sense of closure to the city of baltimore. >> police in new york busted a fentanyl mill just six blocks away from a day care where a 1-year-old died after exposure to the drug. >> john: former president donald trump at the center of the g.o.p. debate, but absent from the stage. plus, president biden calls trump a threat to democracy. >> delta is walking back changes to the airline's loyalty program after public backlash. >> no question, we probably went too far. ♪ ♪ >> john: we remember actor michael gambon, best known for his spellbinding performance in "harry potter." >> do not pity the dead, harry. pity the living. ♪ ♪ >> john: and how one of the most iconic pictures in hip-hop came to be. >> seeing so many of my peers in unity, we knew that was history. ♪ ♪ >> john: good evening to our viewers in the west, and thank you for joining us on this thursday night. i'm john dickerson in for norah. we begin with the federal government facing a shutdown, now just two days away, but house republicans were focused on other issues, principally the first hearing in the impeachment inquiry of president joe biden. house leaders are accusing the president of corruption and abuse of office, while democrats say the entire process is an evidence-free waste of time. in testimony, some of the g.o.p.'s own witnesses did not agree with those who invited them, saying there is not enough evidence to support articles of impeachment. cbs's nikole killion will start us off tonight with the latest from capitol hill. good evening, nikole. >> reporter: good evening, john. there was little new evidence presented during this impeachment hearing, and democrats blasted republicans for holding it while the government is in danger of shutting down. >> the committee on oversight and accountability will come to order. >> reporter: after months of investigation, house republicans began their first impeachment proceedings seeking to tie president biden to his son, hunter, and his family's business dealings. >> what were the bidens selling to make all of this money? joe biden himself. joe biden is the brand. >> hunter biden cashed in by arranging access to joe biden. >> reporter: the white house has denied any wrongdoing, and minutes into the hearing, the panels own g.o.p. witnesses knocked some of the allegations down. >> i do not believe that the current evidence would support articles of impeachment. >> i am not here today to even suggest that there was corruption, fraud, or any wrongdoing. in my opinion, more information needs to be gathered. >> reporter: democrats mocked the hearing as a sham. >> if they say "hunter," a drinking game, i would be drunk by now. >> reporter: they called it a distraction from the looming government shutdown when the countdown clock is ticking by the minute. >> we are 62 hours away from shutting down the government of the united states of america and the republicans are launching an impeachment drive based on a long-debunked and discredited lie. >> reporter: leaders in both chambers raised to advance separate short-term funding packages. if they fail to pass, a partial shutdown could result in shuttered national parks from hundreds of thousands of furloughed federal workers, workers, and essential employees like the military, federal law-enforcement, and tsa forced to work without pay. can you guarantee there won't be a shutdown, or is it inevitable at this point? >> i can't guarantee that. it could happen, it could not happen. the number one thing we have to do is finish our work. >> john: and nikole joins us now. nikole, i want to ask about another matter on capitol hill, senator bob menendez has been indicted be many of his democratic colleagues want him to resign as a result. he met with them. what did we learn? >> reporter: well, john, menendez told his senate democratic colleagues that he will not resign despite bribery charges. i asked him if he can still continue dessert effectively even if he has lost the confidence of some of his colleagues, but he said that he will continue to vote on behalf of his new jersey constituents. john? >> john: thank you, nikole. tonight, the man suspected in the murder of a 26-year-old tech ceo in baltimore is under arrest. authorities captured jason billingsley, a convicted felon and registered sex offender, after a sprawling manhunt. cbs's nicole sganga reports billingsley is also linked to another violent crime from just last week. >> reporter: 32-year-old suspect jason billingsley was arrested at a train station about 30 miles outside of baltimore. >> billingsley was taken into custody at approximately 11:00 last night. >> reporter: he is now facing 30 charges, including the first-degree murder of pava lapere. police say the 26-year-old tech ceo was killed on friday at this luxury building, where she lived in downtown baltimore. authorities found her body days later, with signs of blunt force trauma. police calling it a random act. >> we do know that there was no forced entry into an apartment building. >> reporter: this case raising questions about maryland's sentencing laws. billingsley pleaded guilty in 2015 to sexual assault. he was sentenced to 30 years, but 16 of those were ultimately suspended. the suspect was released last october after earning good behavior credits. >> rapists should not be let out early, period. >> reporter: the suspect also charged with rape, arson, and attempted murder in west baltimore just days before lapere's murder and just a mile from her apartment. >> why was this dangerous criminal on the streets in the first place? >> he did a little less than two-thirds of his sentence, and that is what the law allows. it was more or less the systematic, to me, failure, in terms of what happened. >> reporter: lapere's death has rattled baltimore and the tight-knit tech community. >> she is a superstar, in many ways. just a beaming, positive individual. passionate about baltimore, and really passionate about equity and justice. >> reporter: investigators are now reviewing all open cases since the suspect's release last fall, trying to determine if any connections to other crimes exist. john? >> john: nicole sganga, thank you. we turn now to the takedown of a major drug trafficking mill in new york city. federal, state, and local law-enforcement officers announced the recovery of more than 40 pounds of suspected fentanyl. cbs's lilia luciano reports authorities said the suspect was transporting the highly-lethal drug in a rolling suitcase on the subway, and tonight, they have a warning for all new yorkers. >> what i would tell new yorkers is that they should be vigilant and aware of their surroundings at all times. this powder is very fine. it can get into the air. it can certainly lay on services. >> reporter: police arrested 42-year-old juan gabriel herrera vargas on tuesday, saying he was using a bronx apartment as a drug mill. officers recovered a total of $1.5 million in value. >> that equates to roughly a million potential lethal doses of fentanyl we remote from new york city streets. >> reporter: investigators say they found envelopes used to hold drugs and stamps to mark them inside the apartment, where the windows were covered with black trash bags. >> the i-95 corridor is a great geographical location for these distribution networks to move that powder into mills. >> reporter: law enforcement says the apartment is just six blocks away from the day care, where a 1-year-old died from suspected fentanyl poisoning and three other children were hospitalized. >> this is everywhere, and we should be on guard, and we should also do more to stop this harm. >> reporter: the suspect is being charged with criminal possession of drugs and of operating as a major trafficker. he was considered a flight risk, so he is being held without bail at rikers island. john? >> john: lilia luciano in new york, thank you. tonight, travis king, the army private who went awol and bolted into north korea is at an army medical center in texas for psychological and medical testing. the 23-year-old soldier arrived in the u.s. overnight after being held by north korea for over two months. he is said to be in good health, but there is no answer on why he crossed the border back in july or what happened while he was there. president biden today previewed his 2024 message with a broadside attack on donald trump while he was in the battleground state of arizona. cbs's ed o'keefe reports it comes one day after republicans, minus trump, gathered for a second g.o.p. debate. >> there is something dangerous happening in america now. >> reporter: president biden today claimed threats to democracy will continue as long as former president donald trump dominates the republican party. >> there is an extremist movement that does not share the basic beliefs in our democracy. the maga movement. >> reporter: speaking in the key swing state of arizona, the president slammed his potential opponent for rhetoric that could lead to violence. >> attacking the free press as the enemy of the people. >> reporter: and he said more in the g.o.p. should have denounced trump after he accused retiring joint chief of staff chairman general mark milley of treason and implied the general deserved to be killed. >> although i don't believe even a majority of republicans think that... the silence is deafening. >> reporter: but trump too has been focusing his attacks on mr. biden. >> joe biden is the most corrupt president and most incompetent president we have ever had. >> reporter: the former president stumped with auto workers in michigan wednesday night, skipping the second republican debate and mocking his challengers from afar. >> does anybody see any vp in the group? i don't think so. >> donald trump is missing in action. he should be on this stage tonight. he owes it to you to defend his record. >> reporter: trump's rivals called out his absence. >> you are ducking these things, and let me tell you what is going to happen. you keep doing that, no one up her eis going to call you donald trump anymore, we are going to call you donald duck. >> can't be both sides. >> reporter: but the debate frequently devolved into a shouting match. >> i have to jump in here. i'm sorry. there is one person. >> honestly, any time i hear you, i feel a little bit dumber for what you say. >> reporter: and another chaotic g.o.p. debate has some big money g.o.p. donors looking for another potential candidate to jump in. cbs news has learned virginia governor glenn youngkin is being encouraged to do so by some of the party's biggest benefactors, but he is not expected to make a final decision until after virginia's legislative elections in november. john? >> john: ed o'keefe, thank you. turning to the weather and the remnants of tropical storm ophelia, which is lingering off the east coast, flood watches are in effect across the new york metro area with a risk of up to a half a foot of rain. for details, let's bring in chris warren of our partners at the weather channel. good evening, chris. >> good evening, john. we are seeing the potential for a serious flood threat developing during the day tomorrow in the northeast. it's possible there is going to be some flash flooding in green, and it is likely, somewhere in yellow, there will be some flash flooding. as this slow-moving system directs a lot of moisture into the northeast, heavy rain likely beginning before sunrise and continuing, almost like a fire hose, possibly pointed to new york city, certainly some of these highly-urbanized, highly-populated areas here in the northeast. rain continuing for hours, right into saturday morning, and john, it is only going to take a couple of inches of rain in a few hours to produce flash flooding. >> john: chris warren, thank you. now to some breaking news. a suspect was taken into custody today after he allegedly shot and wounded a man during a protest an hour north of albuquerque. a newspaper photographer made this photo of a man, identified as 23-year-old ryan martinez, pulling out a gun moments before it happened. the protest was over the planned installation of a controversial statue. business owners in philadelphia were cleaning up damage and adding up losses today after a second night of looting. police say eight businesses were targeted overnight, including a beauty supply store. the owner, who is from haiti, just opened the store six months ago, and she tells cbs philadelphia, thousands of dollars of wigs and other merchandise were stolen. more than 50 people were arrested in a wave of looting on tuesday night. now to some turbulence in the skymiles program at delta air lines. the company's ceo says it probably went too far in making changes to its frequent flyer policy. cbs's jo ling kent reports on the backlash the airline faced from passengers. >> reporter: tonight, delta reversing course after frequent fliers expressed outrage over dramatic changes to the airline's credit card perks and loyalty program. >> i mean, i have been with them for over 30 years. what do we do? >> reporter: ceo ed bastian now admitting delta made a mistake. >> there will be modifications that we will make, and you will hear about it sometime over the next few weeks. no question, we probably went too far. >> reporter: one of the most controversial moves? >> wow. >> reporter: delta reducing or eliminating access that its credit card holders have to the popular, and often-packed, sky clubs, requiring them to spend $75,000 a year to get unlimited visits. >> delta are out of control. >> reporter: delta also raised the minimum amount of money customers must spend on tickets to earn status, and it will no longer count miles flown. >> that's a declaration of war. >> reporter: the new rules landed after delta reported its highest quarterly profits ever in june. are these airline credit cards valuable anymore? are they useful? >> they are less valuable. if you are getting a credit card that some people are paying up to $700 a year to have, and you can't get access to the lounge and you can't redeem the miles, that brings in the question why you have that card in the first place. >> reporter: experts also recommend, skip those airline credit cards altogether. use one with cash back. you will get more bang for your buck. meantime, rival airlines jetblue and alaska are offering elite status match for those unhappy delta customers. john? 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